stories and illustration

October River 3

Same tags, same categories, different image, as I’d put up too almost identical photographs without realising it. I got out in the open air with my camera yesterday for the first time for a week or so and the light was lovely, so I went a bit over the top photographing River Tweed by Coldstream Bridge. Last time I went out it was the end of summer, now the autumn is here, with that clear air that sometimes comes with this time of year. We drove to Berwick and the shadows across the fields, thrown by the early sun, were beautiful against the bleached-out autumn fields. I said I would like to get up early one day to photograph the dawn round here and the response was a derisive snort.

About

I’m Cara, and I live in Coldstream, in the Scottish Borders As well as writing and illustrating books for children I have recently been painting on canvas, in my octagonal studio (aka The Tardis) which inhabits a corner of the vegetable garden. My work for children has been published in several countries, and translated into different languages. My favourite form at the moment is the picture book, but I have also had published poetry, children’s novels, and illustrations for the work of other authors. I go out most days with my camera and create blog entries from the results. Some of the pictures I take will be used as background material for the picture book which I am working on at the moment. My son Matty set up this WordPress blog for me, and it has added a dimension to my life which surprises me. It is also interesting and inspiring to read the blogs of other people from different parts of the world, and to look at their sometimes fascinating pictures.